MLB Playoffs Coming

Does anyone care? Something tells me no. Even so, I'm going to do a half-assed run-down of who is left:

Yanks will win the AL East.
Boston is a lock to be the Wild Card.

Central: Detroit leads Minnesota by 2.5 games.
Tigers - 3 games at Cleveland, 3 @ Chicago, 3 at home vs Minnesota to finish the season. Isn't that how you draw it up?
Twins - 2 @ Chicago, 3 @ KC, 3 @ Detroit.

Big win by Minnesota today, they should really get 4/5...Detroit should get 4/6. Would give Tigers a 2 game lead before the season-ending series, which would be Minnesota would need a sweep. Could make for a great finish, impossible not to side with Detroit having the series at home and a little cushion, but a slip up or two and it could get very interesting.

West: Angels are a lock.

Yanks will have home-field, so it should be Boston @ Angels and Verlander @ the Bronx. Nice draw for the Yanks.

NL...

The NL divisional races are about as boring as the AL wild card race.

East:
Phillies have had this locked up since about June.

Central:
St. Louis will be the first team to actually clinch their division.

West:
The Dodgers hold a 5 game lead and don't have another home game. Now that I've built up the drama, those road games are against Washington, Pitt and San Diego. West = Dodgers.

Wild Card:
Rockies hold a .5 game edge on the Giants. And a 5 game edge on Atlanta and Florida. Their last 8 games are all home, but won't be given to them. After 3 vs San Diego they have 3 vs St. Louis (fighting for home field) and 2 vs Milwaukee.
San Fran is currently tied 4-4 @ Zona in the 7th inning (yes it is after midnight, Tuesday a.m.). Two more games with them to follow. They then get 4 at home vs the Cubbies and two at home vs Zona to finish it out.
I think Colorado is the better team but I feel San Fransisco obviously gets the easier schedule. Complete toss-up that I feel hardly anyone cares about.
I won't review Florida or Atlanta's schedules, but you never know. I'm going to go with Colorado.
An interesting race for home-field:
1. Dodgers 90-60
2. St. Louis 88-63
3. Phillies 87-61
4. Colorado

LAD have a cozy schedule to finish as I noted.
St Louis: 2 @ Houston, 3 @ Colo, 2 @ Cincy
Philly: 2 @ Fla, 4 @ Milwaukee, 3 vs Houston

If I had to guess, I'd say it will stay just as is. Philly gets two vs a fighting Fla team, 4 at a dangerous Milwaukee...St Louis will have to play an extremely motivated Colorado team on the road, and while LAD go on the road, it's against terrible teams with no pulse.



I'm sure many of you know all of this already. For those who have engrossed themselves in the NFL though, that is your 2009 MLB playoff picture.



Not much to say about the Colts/Miami game. Very obscure time of possession dominance in a loss for Miami. Pretty decent game. Peyton is too good. It is impossible to find a rock-solid NFL team this year, and this is before we've had a lot of injuries. Have a feeling it is going to be a parity-heavy, futile mess of a season this year.